starling

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈstɑːlɪŋ/    美 /ˈstɑɹlɪŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.
  2. An enclosure like a coffer-dam, formed of piles driven closely together before any structure or work, as a protection against the wash of waves, commonly used to protect the piers of a bridge.
  3. A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.; The common starling, Sturnus vulgaris, which has dark, iridescent plumage.
    — Vast flights of starlings, fleeing the racket, beat across the sky at high speed, like Squall-clouds,— Evening at Noon-tide.
  4. One of the piles used in forming such a breakwater.
  5. A fish, rock trout (Hexagrammos spp.), of the North Pacific, especially, Hexagrammos decagrammus, found in US waters.

词形变化

starlings plural sterling alternative starlings plural sterling alternative

词汇关系

下位词
amethyst starling chestnut-tailed starling common starling European starling New Zealand starling pied starling plumcoloured starling plum-colored starling plum-coloured starling rose-colored starling rose-coloured starling rosy starling spotless starling violet-backed starling
衍生词
starlinglike

词源

词源 1
From Middle English starling, sterling, sterlinge, from Old English stærling, from stær (“starling”) + -ling (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch sterlinck (“starling”).
词源 2
Apparently a variant of staddling (although difficult to account for), or perhaps an alteration by association with another (unidentified) word.
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